National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Roma or Spezia that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Spezia have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 17-12-18 (win-draw-loss) from 47 matches.
Roma form and stats
Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Roma have performed here at Stadio Olimpico this season with 6 wins from 9 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. The Roma fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Stadio Olimpico and will expect new points from this game. Roma has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
Roma are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Lazio. In the match before that, Roma hosted Inter and drew the Serie A game 2-2.
Roma are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eleven matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew two and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Spezia are coming to town in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (21 in 9 games), Roma's attacking play is working. On the other hand, Roma have conceded 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Spezia form and stats
Spezia's mission in Coppa Italia last season failed in the 3rd round.3-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Spezia in their Serie A matches away.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Torino in their previous outing. The Serie A match ended in a draw 0-0. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Sampdoria in the Serie A.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Spezia played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Spezia manager V. Italiano as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Roma.
The visiting Spezia have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 9 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Spezia have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. N'Zola 9 goals |   H. Mkhitaryan 8 goals |  J. Veretout 7 goals |
Roma missing players
Spezia missing players
| Roma | Spezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 56 | 29 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 34 | 10 | Conceded | C | 18 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.6 | 3.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 14.5 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 40 |
| 2 | Inter | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 37 |
| 3 | Roma | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Juventus | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 33 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 31 |
| 6 | Napoli | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 31 |
| 7 | Lazio | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 31 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Benevento | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 21 |
| 12 | Bologna | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 20 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Spezia | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 18 |
| 15 | Udinese | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 14 |
| 17 | Genoa | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Torino | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -9 | 13 |
| 19 | Parma | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 12 |
| 20 | Crotone | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -23 | 9 |